Jeff Sachs hosted the Earth Institute’s Global Food Forum on September 16th. The meeting brought together a wide range of viewpoints and experts involved in all things food. The meeting had some interesting discussions, debate and outcomes. The event had live blogging and you can read all about it here.
Speaking of Sachs and the Earth Institute, there are some great articles and summaries of the global “food crisis” posted on this site.
Paul Collier, author of the Bottom Billion wrote a New York Times op-ed piece pinning the UN on the most poor – increased from 1 billion to 1.4 billion. How does this happen as US congress has to bail out wall street tycoons to the tune of 700 billion? The op-ed has a truth to it and is adequately entitled “a measure of hope.” I think that is all some Africans feel they can rely on these days.
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